CA SB 633

in committee

Beverage containers: recycling.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires plastic beverage containers sold by a beverage manufacturer, as specified, to contain a specified average percentage of postconsumer recycled plastic per year. The act requires the manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container subject to the California Redemption Value to report to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery certain information about the amounts of virgin plastic and postconsumer recycled plastic used for plastic beverage containers subject to the California Redemption Value for sale in the state in the previous calendar year. Existing law requires the department to post this reported information on its internet website, as provided. Existing law provides that a violation of the act or a regulation adopted pursuant to the act is a crime. This bill, beginning on or before March 1, 2027, would require a manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container subject to the California Redemption Value to also report to the department by country of origin the amount in pounds of imported postconsumer recycled plastic used for plastic beverage containers subject to the California Redemption Value for sale in the state in the previous calendar year and to provide proof that the postconsumer recycled content used by the manufacturer for plastic beverage containers has been validated by a third party, as specified. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the department to post on its internet website the reported amounts of imported postconsumer recycled plastic used for plastic beverage containers in an aggregated form and would exempt the unaggregated amounts reported to the department from disclosure under the California Public Records Act. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced: 2025-02-20
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — August 29 hearing postponed by committee.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

2025-02-20
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-21
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-03-05
Referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2025-03-11
Set for hearing April 2.
2025-04-03
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 635.) (April 2).
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2025-04-07
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-08
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21
April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1207.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 1506.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-05
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-16
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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2025-07-01
July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (July 14).
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2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
August 29 hearing postponed by committee.

Versions

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04/07/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-07Compare
05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-02 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (8)
- Pérez: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Dahle: no
- Valladares: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-04-21 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 27-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Strickland: no
- Seyarto: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Choi: no
- Dahle: no
- Niello: no
- Grove: no
- Grayson: other
- Reyes: other
- Richardson: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-14 · pass · 9-4
Member-level votes (14)
- Bryan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Haney: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Hoover: no
- Ellis: no
- Flora: no
- Alanis: no
- Wicks: other

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